Moments of reflective calm marked by clearly defined melodies, harmonies and beats come into play as well, reminding us of Motian’s gentler side. The music rains melodic lines, scribbles and skronks it surrounds the listener with a rumbling, shimmering atmosphere generated by the fallout of Bro’s all-encompassing guitar effects and the collective thunder of the basses and drums. Guitarist Jacob Bro and saxophonist Joe Lovano co-lead a septet of players with strong connections to the late Paul Motian (and to each other) on ‘Once Around The Room’, a powerful, highly personal tribute to the influential drummer, who became a composer and bandleader relatively late in his five-decades-long career.
Ultimately, it’s Lovano and Bro’s familiarity with their former boss’s aesthetic that guides ‘Once Around the Room’, and their confidence in how far and wide it ranged that makes the album a triumph. Meanwhile, Lovano and Bro both turn in some of the most inspired work of their careers.
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While all the elements are there for this septet to indulge in free form chaos, instead the group plays orchestrally, listening to and complimenting each other, even as they stay true to Motian’s concept of boundaryless post bop. The low end features a trio of bassists, Larry Grenadier and Thomas Morgan on double bass and Anders Christensen on electric bass, that somehow don’t step on each other’s toes, even when they’re all playing together. Joey Baron and Jorge Rossy both have experience with elastic percussion playing, and their rumbling roil emulates Motian’s style without copying it. So Bro and Lovano do the next best thing: they bring in two drummers. No one could spot-on-replicate Motian’s unusual drum style, which swirled around, above, below and through the pulse without ever losing control of the rhythm. Anders Christensen am Bass sowie den Schlagzeugern Joey Baron und Jorge Rossy weiter entwickelt wurden. Auf Once Around The Room finden sich Kompositionen von Joe und Jakob neben kollektiven Improvisationen und Motians eigener "Drum Music", die nahtlos miteinander verbunden sind und von einem versierten musikalischen Kollektiv mit Larry Grenadier, Thomas Morgan bzw.
Jakob Bro wiederum gab sein ECM-Debüt auf Pauls Album Garden of Eden (2006). Lovano und Motian waren viele Jahre lang enge Kollegen, wobei ihre bemerkenswerteste Zusammenarbeit das bahnbrechende Trio mit Bill Frisell war – die Formation veröffentlichte drei Alben bei ECM. Joe Lovano und Jakob Bro führen eine siebenköpfige Gruppe durch temperamentvolle Originale, die an die Idiome und Eigenheiten erinnern, die Motian in sechs einflussreichen Jahrzehnten hinter dem Schlagzeug ans Licht brachte. Auf Once Around The Room vereinen sich wichtige Jazzmusiker aus mehreren Generationen in einem kleinen Ensemble, um das musikalische Vermächtnis der Schlagzeug-Ikone Paul Motian groß zu feiern.
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